Mistakes

Boy, I hate making mistakes. Earlier this week I proofread a monthly article the Sheriff's PR person writes. It's very informative and funny. People all over the country read it. I usually proofread for grammar, punctuation and sometimes for content. Well this week I let some information stay in the article that I should have questioned (whether people's email addresses are public information--they aren't). I had heard a part of a discussion before the release and thought that the woman writing the article knew something I didn't know, and so I didn't question having that info in the article. Well, I should have. Now the article has been released and read throughout the county, the country and in some foreign countries.

I guess a correction will have to made in next month's article. The good news is that the email addresses were not released, just the emails themselves. I think the correction will mostly fix everything.

The thing is, I really want and try to be perfect, but I am so far from it. I guess I have to just continue trying. The only other option is not to try at all. I look forward to the day "when He (Christ) shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." At that time we probably will only see Him and His perfection. Our perfection will hardly matter to us.

Perfect Moment

Yesterday when I was driving home from work I came across a perfect moment. The weather/atmosphere was spring and cloudy, and under the clouds it was clear. I was driving between two beautiful lakes that were reflecting the sky. The mountains in the distance were beautiful and snow-covered. There were horses in the pasture. The crops are starting to grow. The breeze was warm but not too warm. The trees are lacy with pale leaves.

It was a wondrous few minutes. I thought how I would like to have a lot of days/moments like that, but then I realized that the moment wouldn't be so good if there were many of them. I guess I can handle only a little bit of perfection at one time.